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Scorching Silicon Demo

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In this demonstration, educators make silicon from sand with a mighty explosion! Learners discover the properties of everyday materials and observe how these properties can change to create new materials. This demonstration is very impressive and a great way to capture learners’ attention and encourage discussion. However, this is not suitable for learners to do themselves and should only be conducted by an experienced educator. Before doing this demonstration, educators should read the "Practicalities" section of the guide.

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A project of University of California, Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science. Major funding was provided by the National Science Foundation (Award #0735007), The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, and Oracle.